NerdWallet, Inc. NRDS

Communication Services · Internet Content & Information · valued as of 2026-11-03 · statements 2025-12-31

Average Intrinsic Value
$326.13M
Market Cap
$699.38M
Margin of Safety
-114.5%
Intrinsic / Market Ratio
0.47

How Each Value Is Built

The screener's three formulas on the reported figures. Each card reads the same way: the value as a sum of numbered terms, each term's calculation opened under it, from the reported figures to the value. The list ranks companies by their plain average over the market cap.

EPV + Growth

326.13M USD

what the normal year's earnings are worth for ever, plus growth that pays

Profit

326.13M USD

15 years of cash the shareholders can take out, and the equity left at year 15

FCFF

326.13M USD

15 years of cash for shareholders and lenders, less what is owed

Intrinsic Value

326.13M USD

the plain average of the three, uncapped, as the screener averages them

Intrinsic Value

326.13M USD

from the sum above

Market Cap

699.38M USD

today's price times the shares

Intrinsic Value ÷ Market Cap

0.47×

the ratio the screener ranks by; Margin of Safety -114.5% (1 − Market Cap ÷ Intrinsic Value)

Each card below builds one of the three values from the reported years.

Earnings power value plus growth: 326.13M USD
What the normal year's operating profit after tax is worth if it lasts for ever, plus what the new investment adds beyond its cost, less the net debt that comes before the shareholders (or plus the net cash).

The earnings power value was not computed (a normalized NOPAT at or below zero), so the value is the book value today, 326.13M USD.

Market value

Market Cap699.38M USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-114.5%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

Profit value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash it can pay them (FCFE): 326.13M USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to equity (FCFE), each brought to today at the cost of equity, plus the equity at year 15 brought to today.

The projection was not made (a profit at or below zero in the latest three years), so the value is the book value today, 326.13M USD, as the screener leaves it.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE

Not in the value

②Equity at Year 15, Today

Not in the value

Market value

Market Cap699.38M USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-114.5%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

FCFF value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash the firm can pay its shareholders and lenders (FCFF): 326.13M USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to the firm (FCFF), each brought to today at the WACC, plus the invested capital at year 15 brought to today, less the net debt today (or plus the net cash).

The projection was not made (a change in working capital above half the operating profit in the latest three years), so the value is the book value today, 326.13M USD, as the screener leaves it.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF

Not in the value

②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today

Not in the value

③Net Cash Today

Not in the value

Market value

Market Cap699.38M USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-114.5%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

The Rates and the Capital the Values Read

The WACC and the cost of equity each value is discounted at, the book value and the net debt each starts from, and the seven quality metrics, from the same run.

WACC: 12.02%
weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.
Cost of Equity =Risk-Free Rate 4.50%+Beta 1.25×Market Risk Premium 6.00%= 12.02%

The yearly return the shareholders require for the risk they carry; it is the rate that brings their future cash to today.

Tax Rate for WACC =Tax Provision 19.52M USDPretax Income 68.27M USD= 28.59%

The tax the interest saves.

Interest Expense =EBIT 68.87M USD−Pretax Income 68.27M USD= —

The interest the company paid: EBIT is the profit before tax plus the interest.

No interest is read: it needs debt and an EBIT above the profit before tax, the gap between them being the interest. Without it the cost of debt takes the 4% default.

Cost of Debt 4.00% (default): with no debt or no interest read, the 4% default after tax stands for what the lenders are paid a year.

Debt Weight =Total Debt 0 USDMarket Cap + Total Debt 699.38M USD + 0 USD= 0.00%

The part of the capital the lenders put in, at market value.

WACC =Equity Weight 100.00%×Cost of Equity 12.02%+Debt Weight 0.00%×Cost of Debt 4.00%= 12.02%

Weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.

Book value and net debt today
Both from the balance sheet of the newest quarter, 2026-06-30.

Total Assets 418.42M USD − Total Liabilities 92.29M USD = Book Value Today 326.13M USD

Total Debt 0 USD − Cash and Short-Term Investments 62.06M USD = Net Debt Today -62.06M USD

The book value is what Profit starts from and what stands when a projection is not made; the book value plus the net debt is what FCFF starts from; the net debt comes off Greenwald's and FCFF's values before the shareholders.

Quality metrics
Read beside the value, never a condition for it: every company is valued, and a filter in the list is the reader's choice.
MetricFrom
Share dilutionShares Today ÷ Shares Two Years Back − 1-17.0%at most 5%passes63,879,000 / 76,940,000
Accrual quality(Operating Cash Flow − Net Income) ÷ Total Assets19.8%at least -10.0%passes(131.73M USD − 48.75M USD) ÷ 418.42M USD
Price to bookMarket Cap ÷ Book Value Today2.14×at most 3×passes699.38M USD ÷ 326.13M USD
Operating marginOperating Income ÷ Revenue7.8%above 10.0%does not pass65.27M USD ÷ 837.44M USD
Revenue growthRevenue ÷ Revenue a Year Before − 121.7%above 10.0%passes837.44M USD / 688.29M USD
Net cash(Cash − Total Debt) ÷ Market Cap8.9%above -30%passes(62.06M USD − 0 USD) ÷ 699.38M USD
Operating efficiencyOperating Income ÷ Gross Profit8.4%above 25.0%does not pass65.27M USD ÷ 773.67M USD

Market Data

The provider's ratios and the analysts' consensus beside the argument; none of them enters a value.

Market data
The data provider's own ratios and the analysts' consensus, read beside the valuation, never in it.

Share price

11 USD

Enterprise value

649.53M USD

market cap plus net debt

EV / EBITDA

6.20×

Price / book

2.14×

the provider's book

Price / earnings

12.14×

Return on equity

18.2%

the provider's, not the engine's

Profit margin

7.6%

Revenue growth

5.6%

Analyst target, mean

12 USD

Analysts

4

opinions in the consensus

Financial Statements

The income statement, the balance sheet and the cash flow the screener holds, year by year, in USD.

Financial statements, year by year
The annual lines the screener holds today, in USD at each period's rate; the figures this valuation read are in its calculation above.
USD2022202320242025
Income statement

Revenue

539.44M600.00M688.29M837.44M

Gross profit

499.60M545.95M624.72M773.67M

Operating income

-12.31M3.60M9.41M65.27M

EBITDA

operating income before depreciation and amortisation

19.52M55.36M54.15M115.32M

Pretax income

-20.02M6.31M5.00M68.27M

Net income

-10.21M-11.81M30.43M48.75M

Normalized income

net income without one-off items, as the data provider prints it; Profit's line when printed

-4.91M-11.81M30.43M48.75M

R&D

77.68M80.58M82.58M66.77M
Balance sheet, year end

Total assets

426.13M419.02M438.04M461.56M

Total liabilities

84.08M51.75M73.47M86.69M

Shareholders' equity

the equity the parent's shareholders own, as printed, without minority interest; the book value the values read is total assets less total liabilities, in Book Value and Net Debt above

342.04M367.27M364.56M374.87M

Total debt

12.71M9.61M8.91M14.91M

Cash and equivalents

83.98M100.50M66.37M98.40M

Net PP&E

fixed assets after depreciation

60.46M59.86M48.35M38.94M

Working capital

current assets less current liabilities

116.92M161.26M136.74M173.97M
Cash flow

Operating cash flow

25.02M72.17M71.87M131.73M

Capital expenditure

paid out, so below zero

-32.23M-29.53M-21.32M-18.22M

Depreciation and amortisation

37.04M48.25M48.45M46.45M

Free cash flow

operating cash flow plus capital expenditure

-7.21M42.64M50.55M113.51M